INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 187 



NEW LEPIDOPTERA, CHIEFLY FROM MEXICO, 

 WITH SYNONYMIC NOTES 



By HARRISON G. DYAR 



Family PIERID.^ 



Anthocharis ellena, new species. 



Fore wing yellowish white, apex falcate, outer margin ex- 

 cavate ; a round black discal dot between veins 4 and 5 ; apex, 

 from end of vein 4 to outer third of costa, dark orange, the 

 margin itself in this patch broadly black, the powdering ex- 

 tending over the orange area nearly to its inner termination ; 

 a small black mark at end of veins 2 and 3. Hind wing yel- 

 low, with small black marks at the ends of the veins. Beneath 

 light yellow ; fore wing with large discal spot and dark mar- 

 blings in the apical area; hind wing with open marblings, on 

 the inner half of the wing forming patches, on the outer half 

 grayer and in smaller spots. Expanse, 41 mm. 



Type, male, No. 33619, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Mexico City, 

 Mexico, July, 1919 (R. Miiller). Paratype, male, a flown 

 specimen, which looks lighter in color, with the same data. 



Family HESPERIID^ 



Butleria cyclosticta, new species. 



Dark brown, slightly bronzy ; fore wings with seven small 

 whitish specks in an irregular circle — three subapical, the 

 lower a little out of line, one above vein 3, one above vein 2, 

 one at base of vein 3, one in the upper part of the cell before 

 the end. Below, shaded with rusty, the spots of fore wing 

 repeated ; hind wing uniform rusty brown, with slight trace of 

 paler outer band. Expanse, 34 mm. 



Type, male. No. 33631, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; near Mexico City, 

 Mexico, August (R. Miiller) ; paratypes, male and female, 

 Mexico City, July, and Guadaloupe, Mexico (R. Miiller), 



Lychnucoides frappenda, new species. 



Dark brown. Fore wings with a large light yellow mark- 

 ing of three confluent spots, one quadrate in the end of the 



